A case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal gland endometriosis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis. RESULT(S): There have been two case reports of adrenal endometriosis. Based on a search of Medline and Google for "adrenal endometriosis," this is the first known successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. CONCLUSION(S): We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis.

publication date

  • March 12, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Adrenal Gland Diseases
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Endometriosis
  • Laparoscopy

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 55149120993

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.006

PubMed ID

  • 18339378

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 90

issue

  • 5